Antibiotic Resistance of Clostridium Perfringens Isolated from Raw Camel Milk in Isiolo County, Kenya

Abstract

Clostridium perfringens, a gram-positive anaerobic rod spore forming bacteria, spores are ubiquitous in unhygienic farm environment including soil, dust, water, sewage, sediments and vegetation [1-2]. Animals are readily exposed to Cl. perfringens in farm and grazing environment; from where they enter the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and other body tissues and rapidly proliferate and cause zoonotic diseases. The camel husbandry and health management practices in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of Kenya increase the possibility of contamination, transmission, and development of antibiotic resistance zoonotic organisms.